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Monday, July 4, 2011

Monday, July 4, 2011

Though we usually just refer to today as the 4th of July, we here in the U.S. are celebrating something far greater than just a date on the calendar:

Our "Indenpdants."

Hm. I guess that's why most bakers stick to "Happy Fourth," huh? Less to mess up that way.

*headdesk*

You know, the fact that someone had to print that flag out, notice the red ink was gone, and yet choose to use it anyway is why I love this country. It just goes to show that through guts, ingenuity, and perseverance of spirit... I will never be out of a job.

Here's one that serves as a reminder of the date, minus any emotional bossing around:

Happy or not, here it comes!!

(And who wants to bet the other side just says, "July"?)

Same idea, even poorer execution:

Well, that's a first.

And when they're not wrecking cakes, some bakers take turns making other "collssal" mistakes:

Given the context, I have to assume that "collssal" = "patriotic skid marks."

And finally, while I'm not sure this Marines cake was made specifically for today, I think it serves as an excellent reminder of what we in this country value above all else:

Sneaking the first piece before the rest of the family comes in.

Thanks to Lauren O., Laura S., Elizabeth K., Michele G., Susan C., & Amy H., who know that sometimes you just have to even out that side a few more bites.

"Simper Fi"?!?!?! And I've never seen a flag with flag pole rings on the stripe side of the US Flag. I think on holidays you should make the last cake a sweet (like you did for the one Canada Day), so people aren't going around muttering things like, "SIMPER FI????"

My son's looking for a job. Maybe I should tell him to apply as a cake decorator. Clearly, there's job security there.

On the last one, they actually got the right number of stripes in the flag. Okay, everything else is screwed up, but I've seen so many cakes with 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 or 15 stripes that I've got to say "Well done, wreckerator!"

I don't know how many times I've looked at this site and assured myself that some of these decorators must MUST be new to the english language. Surely this must be their second language......surely.....

That last cake takes me back to Kindergarden when I used to draw the stars in the wrong corner. Of course, buy first grade I had it all straitened out:) I wonder what his/her excuse is...Thanks for doing such an excellent job with the blog!

I'll bet the last cake is partially the result of somebody using spellcheck. They searched for the words individually instead of as a phrase. "Now showing results for semper. Did you mean simper?" I shudder to think what would have happened if they had attempted "fidelis."

Anonymous @ 10:26-- Same here. And it would have been so easy to lay a parchment paper mask over the blue field and white stripes, and airbrush or sugar-sprinkle the mistake away.

I'm thinking those "patriotic skid marks" are actually representative of Aquafresh toothpaste and the wreckerator was reminding people to brush their teeth after eating such a "collssal" cookie...the plastic rings just cinch it for me, anyone else remember when going to the dentist being able to pick out a toy from a treasure chest after their visit?

OK, folks. The American flag is really rather simple to create. The colour scheme is simple. The date is simple. Argh! Why, then is it so hard to get it right????

And yes, I'm aware that most of these people have minimal education (here, folks, is a reason to finish school) and/or English is their second or third language... but (a) to become a Canadian citizen, it's pretty rigorous questionnaire that has to be answered (most born-citizens would not pass!), so don't you have the same thing there, and (b) I'm a "foreigner" but heck, I can even identify most of the First Wives, let alone US states, Presidents, etc. Or the flag. But then again, I'm Canadian :)

Regardless of the state of the wreckage, Happy 4th of July (jluy?) to all celebrating Independence (indenpdants?) day! May the cakes taste better than they look :)

Trying to picture a marine simpering makes the last cake sooo much more enjoyable. But how did they mess up the flag so badly and manage the right number of stripes? You know there's 13 stripes but you can't remember what corner the stars are in?!

Wow someone really had to be hungry on that last cake lol. I guess they really didn't take time to notice that the flag has no red stripes on it that or they hoped no one would notice it is yellow..wreckerators what will they wreck next??

Being a Brit it took a while to work out the simper fi reference and for a horrible moment I thought it was an 'in sympathy' cake spelled phonetically by someone who can't pronounce their 'ths'! Thankfully not such a jaw droppingly insensitive wreck! Great post though, I'm so impressed with how you keep such a consistently high laughter rating!

OH MY GOSH! I was just scrolling back through the last dozen posts, because i've been busy with work and haven't been able to stay up to date and just about woke up the entire house when i saw the 4 jluy cake. I haven't laughed so hard in ages.That has to be the cover of your next book. It's so short and to the point. How do you mess that up???

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